Account Executive jobs in Canada

Unity. Loyalty. Advancement. Charity. It’s what drives United Legwear & Apparel Co. to be the best global designer, manufacturer, and distributor of legwear, bodywear, apparel, and accessories. Founded in 1998 by Isaac E. Ash to make the very best legwear on the market, ULAC is an industry leader offering a full range of products for babies, kids, teens, and adults. We strive to sell our products at affordable prices for families. Hard work and exponential growth year on year have transformed ULAC into a global apparel and accessories company.

Our goal to deliver superior products that ensure superior customer satisfaction is made possible by our team of dedicated professionals who work together to make the company the best in business. Our manufacturing, distribution, and logistics division produces the highest quality products at the best possible prices without cutting corners. The integrity of goods is key, so compliance and quality assurance are top priorities, along with meeting every delivery date—whether shipping across the state or around the world.

We strive to foster an inclusive company culture that stands united to accomplish our mission. We are loyal to our people, supporting their development and ability to achieve excellence. We believe that when people bring their personal best to work each day, it leads to success, advancement, and upward mobility for all. We believe every individual has two hands: one to help themselves, and one to help others. We pride ourselves in our value of charity and the commitments we make to help people in need. ULAC supports organizations that help those compromised by sickness, poverty, natural disasters, socioeconomic inequality, and other dire circumstances.

If you share our vision of delivering superior products in a culture of growth, excellence, and caring, then we want to hear from you!

Job Summary:
The Junior Account Sales Executive is responsible for supporting the Sales Director or Account Sales Executive for all accounts. This position supports the account management and sales initiatives as delegated by their Sales Director / Account Sales Executive. The Junior Account Sales Executive position is expected to have a full understanding of the goals and knowledge of the business operations and act as the Account Sales Executive in the absence of the Sales Director or Account Sales Executive should the need arise.

Essential Functions (Including but not limited to):

• Share best seller recap with internal and external partners to build insights into future assortment strategies.
• Build strong relationships with buyers to enhance trust and gain insights into each individual account.
• Visit stores on an ongoing basis to ensure best merchandising presentation is in place, and stock levels are aligned with floor set standards.
• Create line sheets in NuOrder prior to each market cycle.
• Manage all samples and showroom presentation.
• Competitively shop the market and build deeper understanding of our customer and identify future product opportunities and pricing strategies.
• Run daily open order/NSR reports to ensure orders are aligned to inventory and ready to ship dates.
• Create and manage bulks accurately.
• Work with production to ensure that goods are arriving on time and in full to fulfill orders.
• Maintain a working knowledge and ownership of customer specific requirements for ticketing routing and other account needs.
• Continually keep an open line of communication of the status of the order with the external buying teams.
• Vendor Portal: upload images and product details to account requirements for online, pull sales and style info.
• Place buys for customer specific orders and place production orders.
• Complete and manage customer item set up sheet templates.
• Match customer specific buys/bulks against the projection given to planning.
• Attend internal meetings with other departments such as Production, Planning and Merchandising to support the order and product assortments.
• Perform any other duties as assigned in support of the company needs and operations.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business sales or merchandising or other related field and 2 years professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with off price, wholesale and mainline industries.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and ability to apply good work habits to effectively complete assigned tasks and contribute to the smooth operation of the company/department.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office specifically Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal skills as required for effective interpersonal communication.
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks and workload seamlessly and follow-up, while meeting deadlines.
• Strong business judgement and sense of urgency and can work independently under critical time frames and work on multiple assignments.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret data and draw valid conclusions that show understanding and insight with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to be extremely flexible and adaptable in completing a diverse range of assignments in a timely manner and adaptable to change and have the ability to prioritize projects and workload.
• Willingness to travel to accounts, attend professional work dinners and events when presented.
• Must be bilingual, French and English languages preferred.

This is an onsite position at our Toronto Office.